On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 11:07:17AM -0500, Michael C Thompson wrote:
> > Ultimately, the part where we differ most, is the
processing of information in
> > fs/dcache.c to give dynamic updates in response to file system activity (such
> > as attaching audit information to an auditable file whose inode just changed).
> > I believe this should be kept seperate and not part of this framework nor
Inotify.
> > It's a specific requirement for audit, but not for Inotify. This is one of
the places
> > the two systems are functionally different.
>
> I don't think it should be different. If inotify wants to just ignore
> this information, it can.
Doesn't this mentality bring with it the risk of bloating a framework that
should be as "trim" as possible?
vs. the mentality that since you are doing something just a bit
different, you should duplicate lots of other functionality too? no.
greg k-h